Genetic disorder sheds light on enzyme's role in bone metabolism
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Pycnodysostosis, a condition from which the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec suffered, is a genetic disease characterized by short stature. This rare disease, surprisingly, provides a window into how joints are destroyed ...
Scientists map molecular regulation of fat-cell genetics
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A research team led by Mitchell Lazar, MD, PhD, Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has used state-of-the-art genetic technology to map thousands ...
Folic acid, B vitamins do not appear to affect cancer risk
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A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, according ...
Pregnancy disorder signals need to screen for heart disease
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High blood pressure experienced during pregnancy could be a woman's earliest warning that she is at risk of developing heart disease – the number one killer of Canadian women – says Queen's University professor of Obstetrics ...
Medicaid policies vary widely for rheumatoid arthritis drugs
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Patients with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis now have many more treatment options than in the past, including biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). These drugs, derived by modifying ...
Impact of insulin pump under study
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Using an insulin pump to manage diabetes is more convenient than managing the disease with daily insulin injections. That much, physicians already know.
Snakebite is a neglected threat to global public health
Nov 04, 2008 |
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Snakebites cause considerable death and injury worldwide and pose an important yet neglected threat to public health, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The study used the most comprehensive method ...
Wide variability in rheumatoid arthritis drug suggests alternative dosing should be considered
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Methotrexate (MTX) is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is suggested as the "anchor" drug in treating the disease. Despite its widespread use, the understanding of its mechanism of action and pharmacokinetics ...
Survey finds disconnect between sexual problems in women and feeling of distress
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The largest such study ever published finds that, although about 40 percent of women surveyed report having sexual problems, only 12 percent indicate that those issues are a source of significant personal distress. The report, ...
Married prisoners at increased risk of suicide
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Being white, male, married and in a job makes you more likely to die by suicide on being sent to prison, an Oxford University study has found.
New clinical study will help doctors assess abnormal bleeding
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How do you know if you bleed normally? Scientists at The Rockefeller University Hospital’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) aim to answer that question more definitively with the launch of an assessment ...
Maternal Obesity Can Program Fetal Brain to Induce Adult-onset Obesity
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo have found that fetuses of obese mother rats were programmed in utero to develop obesity in adulthood.
Healthy bones program reduces hip fractures by 37 percent
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Proactive measures can reduce hip fracture rates by an average of 37.2 percent -- and as much as 50 percent -- among those at risk, according to a study conducted by Kaiser Permanente Southern California. The study was published ...
Mayo Clinic study finds risk of sudden cardiac death highest early after attack
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People who survive a heart attack face the greatest risk of dying from sudden cardiac death (SCD) during the first month after leaving the hospital, according to a long-term community study by Mayo Clinic researchers of nearly ...
